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![[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it](https://bhekisisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/fb94b171-sex-work-amsterdam-red-light-district-stigma-money-for-a-service-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it")
[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it
Sex work is selling a service, not your body, says Mariska Majoor. There's nothing sinister about it.
![[PODCAST] Each one teach one: Doctors](https://bhekisisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/4cf93483-mental-health-psychiatric-illness-traditional-healers-218x150.jpeg "[PODCAST] Old rites, new ways: How traditional healers were able to diagnose more patients with psychiatric disorders than specially-trained doctors")
[PODCAST] Old rites, new ways: How traditional healers were able to diagnose more patients...
Medical doctors and traditional healers often struggle to trust each other. But in this rural KZN community they learned how to work together.
![[LISTEN] Clueless about your period? There are consequences](https://bhekisisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/92c45a72-clueless-about-your-period-there-are-consequences-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] Clueless about your period? There are consequences")
[LISTEN] Clueless about your period? There are consequences
It may come round every month, but a lot of us still don't know how our menstrual cycle works, says reproductive health doctor, Tlaleng Mofokeng.
[LISTEN] Why are women in ‘blesser-like’ relationships more likely to contract HIV?
Reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng explains to Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan why age-disparate relationships make women more vulnerable to HIV.
Blessers and blessees: Why do we have so many?
Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan asks reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng why older men prey on younger women.
![[LISTEN] How (not) to clean your vagina](https://bhekisisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/06cc7751-how-to-clean-your-vagina-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] How (not) to clean your vagina")
[LISTEN] How (not) to clean your vagina
Our Mia Malan speaks to medical doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng about how to stay happy and healthy down there.
Black students in medical schools: Is there a problem?
Our Mia Malan speaks to Laura Lopez Gonzalez about the recent allegations of racism at Wits Medical School.
#LifeEsidimeni: Inside the arbitration hearings
As the hearings continue this week, Laura Lopez Gonzalez speaks to Nelisiwe Msomi about the arbitration process.
#LifeEsidimeni: What will arbitration mean for the families?
Laura Lopez Gonzalez speaks to Tim Modise about who might be held accountable for the tragedy.
![[LISTEN] Marijuana in SA: Is it really legal?](https://bhekisisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2d543e8e-listen-marijuana-in-sa-is-it-really-legal-1-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] Marijuana in SA: Is it really legal?")
[LISTEN] Marijuana in SA: Is it really legal?
There's a lot of confusion about marijuana in South Africa. Mia Malan sat down with Joan van Dyk to separate fact from fiction.
![[LISTEN] What can the fight against corruption learn from the Aids struggle?](https://bhekisisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7c4db932-why-are-the-biggest-victims-of-hiv-not-leading-the-fight-against-the-virus-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] What can the fight against corruption learn from the Aids struggle?")
[LISTEN] What can the fight against corruption learn from the Aids struggle?
Those most at risk of HIV are still fighting to be heard. But there's a lot we can learn from the fight against HIV.
Mark Heywood: ‘I was pitched against the very government I had fought for’
Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences
![[LISTEN] What price will Motsoaledi pay for turning against Zuma?](https://bhekisisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/9cfd66ee-what-price-will-motsoaledi-pay-for-turning-against-zuma-218x150.jpeg "What price will Motsoaledi pay for turning against Zuma?")
What price will Motsoaledi pay for turning against Zuma?
HIV activist Mark Heywood tells Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan the president and health minister are direct opposites.
Motsoaledi: What the NHI will mean for you – and your tax credits
Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez asks health minister Aaron Motsoaledi five questions about the National Health Insurance (NHI) and your medical aid.
![[LISTEN] Health MEC: '#LifeEsidimeni families' voices were muffled’](https://bhekisisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2f229107-member-ignorance-the-lifeblood-of-medical-schemes-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] Health MEC: ‘#LifeEsidimeni families’ voices were muffled’")
[LISTEN] Health MEC: ‘#LifeEsidimeni families’ voices were muffled’
New Gauteng health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa speaks about the Life Esidimeni tragedy that claimed the lives of at least 94 mental health patients.
#LifeEsidimeni: ‘There may still be uncounted bodies in state mortuaries’
The health ombudsman has found 94 mental health patients died because of state negligence. Laura Lopez Gonzalez tells Mia Malan what happened.